BELMOPAN, Belize - Hurricane Beryl, which broke the record as the earliest major hurricane on record to form in the Atlantic in July, woke the region up to a stark reality: In the current environment created by accelerated climate change, strong hurricanes can rapidly form very early in the season, displacing entire communities and devastating the livelihoods of thousands in the blink of a hurricane’s eye.

Hurricanes are powerful forces of nature that can become extremely destructive events. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), hurricanes start by sucking heat from tropical waters. They form over the Atlantic ocean then move through tropical waters picking up more heat which creates low pressure underneath causing air to rush into it. The rising air cools resulting in clouds and thunderstorms. All of this movement creates wind that can reach calamitous speeds.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Tuesday said it will launch the Sargassum Innovation Quest aimed at harnessing the potential of the sargassum biomass and improve the resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Citizens in Jamaica whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Beryl, will on Monday, start recovering a grant from the government.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has signed a US$45 million agreement with the World Bank as the authorities continue their efforts to strengthen the country’s flood adaptation and resilience.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has expressed gratitude to the President of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali for providing relief supplies to his country following Hurricane Beryl.

Tortola, British Virgin Islands – The Government Of The British Virgin Islands Has Pledged Us$400,000 To Assist St Vincent And The Grenadines And Grenada Following The Impact Of Hurricane Beryl.

KINGSTOWN, ST. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says electricity should be restored on certain sections of Canouan and Mayreau within the next two weeks, as efforts continue to deal with the aftermath of the damage caused by the powerful Hurricane Beryl on July 1.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic Research Centre of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI-SRC) says Dominica’s Boiling Lake is “ slowly refilling and the water temperature have ranged between 70° and 80° Celsius”.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Caribbean countries are awaiting a response from the United Kingdom government to their request that London back a “Marshall plan” to rebuild their devastated countries following the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 1.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Leaders of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Tuesday toured the islands in the Grenadines devastated by Hurricane beryl when it made its way through the Caribbean on July 1.

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance facility (CCRIF) says it will pay US$44 million to Grenada as a result of the damage and destruction caused by the passage of Hurricane Beryl last Monday. It will be the single largest payout by CCRIF, a segregated portfolio company, owned, operated, and registered in the Caribbean.